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10 original practice questions · Untimed · Follow each question’s response instructions
1. Read the original passage. A workshop publishes its digital weekend schedule each Monday. Any change made after Wednesday is displayed in red on that digital schedule. Printed Monday copies are not revised. A Friday notice states that the Saturday start time was changed on Thursday; no other change is mentioned. The notice directs readers to the digital version for the updated time. Which conclusion must follow from the passage?
asvab-pilot-q112. The committee was frugal: instead of replacing every worn chair, it repaired usable chairs and bought only the few replacements it needed. As used here, frugal most nearly means:
asvab-pilot-q073. The committee gave qualified support to the proposal: it would support the plan only if the noise limits and closing time were changed. In this sentence, qualified most nearly means:
asvab-pilot-q094. Printer A can print a 120-page job in 4 minutes; printer B can print the same size job in 6 minutes. For this arithmetic model, both work simultaneously at constant rates on different pages of one 120-page job, with no startup time. Fractional minutes are allowed. How long does the job take?
asvab-pilot-q025. Read the original passage. The community center held two trial repair clinics. Volunteers repaired many chairs and small household items, although some requests required tools the center did not own. The attendance log showed interest on both Saturdays. The coordinator proposes a monthly clinic, with advance descriptions of items so volunteers can identify requests beyond their equipment. Because materials were donated during the trials, their low expenses do not establish the cost of future clinics. Which statement best expresses the passage’s main point?
asvab-pilot-q106. What value of x satisfies 4(x − 2) = 2x + 10?
asvab-pilot-q047. A flat rectangular display frame has outer dimensions 9 cm by 7 cm and a rectangular opening 7 cm by 5 cm. The opening is entirely inside the outer rectangle. What is the area of the frame material, ignoring thickness?
asvab-pilot-q058. Read the original passage. The archive display combines original travel journals with later typed transcripts. A transcript sometimes supplies a missing date in square brackets. These additions help readers follow the sequence, but they are the transcriber’s estimates, not words from the journals. When a date cannot be estimated, the transcript leaves a blank. Visitors can compare the transcript with a photograph of the original page. What does “these additions” refer to?
asvab-pilot-q129. An $80 item is discounted by 25%. An 8% tax is then applied to the discounted price. There are no other charges. What is the final price?
asvab-pilot-q0310. The paper display was taken apart for transport. At the new venue, Lena reassembled it, using the numbered tabs to restore its earlier arrangement. In this sentence, reassembled most nearly means:
asvab-pilot-q08Answers & reasoning
1. The digital Saturday entry displays the change in red. · Choice D
The change occurred on Thursday, which is after Wednesday. The stated rule therefore requires red display on the digital schedule. The passage explicitly says printed copies are not revised. It gives no basis for changes to every session or for a second change to Saturday. Only the forward application of the rule is needed.
asvab-pilot-q112. economical. · Choice B
The stated choices limit unnecessary spending while meeting the need. Economical fits that meaning. The sentence does not describe difficulty deciding, giving more to others, or failing to take care. The interpretation comes from the contrast between blanket replacement and selective repair/purchase.
asvab-pilot-q073. conditional. · Choice D
The support depends on two changes, so conditional fits. Qualified can have other senses in other contexts, but this sentence is not describing the committee’s training. It also does not establish strong enthusiasm or agreement by every member. The phrase only if supplies the decisive restriction.
asvab-pilot-q094. 2.4 minutes. · Choice A
A prints 120/4 = 30 pages/minute and B prints 120/6 = 20 pages/minute. Together they print 50 pages/minute because their outputs are independent and distinct. The 120-page job therefore takes 120/50 = 2.4 minutes. At that time A prints 72 pages and B 48, totaling 120.
asvab-pilot-q025. A monthly clinic is proposed, while equipment and cost limits still need attention. · Choice A
The proposal is a monthly clinic, informed by interest but qualified by equipment limits and uncertain future costs. The proposal-with-limits statement integrates the recommendation and its stated reservations. Equipment and donated materials are supporting details; the passage does not replace the clinic with purchases or report a neighborhood comparison.
asvab-pilot-q106. 9. · Choice C
Distribute first: 4x − 8 = 2x + 10. Subtract 2x from both sides and add 8 to both sides to obtain 2x = 18, so x = 9. Substitution checks both sides: 4(9 − 2) = 28 and 2(9) + 10 = 28.
asvab-pilot-q047. 28 cm². · Choice A
The outer area is 9 × 7 = 63 cm². The opening area is 7 × 5 = 35 cm². Material occupies the difference, 63 − 35 = 28 cm². The problem asks for area, so a boundary length is not the requested quantity.
asvab-pilot-q058. The estimated dates inserted into the transcripts. · Choice C
The immediately preceding sentence introduces missing dates supplied in brackets. The next sentence describes these as estimates by the transcriber, confirming the reference. Blanks, photographs and directly copied original words are different elements. Resolving the phrase preserves the passage’s distinction between supplied estimates and original wording.
asvab-pilot-q129. $64.80. · Choice C
The discount leaves 80 × 0.75 = $60. Tax is 8% of that $60, or $4.80. The final price is $64.80. Applying the tax to the original $80 would use the wrong base; adding and subtracting the two percentages as though they act on the same amount is not equivalent.
asvab-pilot-q0310. put together again. · Choice C
The display starts in separate parts and ends in its earlier arrangement. Put together again fits both the prior disassembly and the restoration. Decorating or inspecting could occur separately, but neither describes the stated rebuilding action. The word shape can prompt a hypothesis; the surrounding sentence confirms it here.
asvab-pilot-q08Original source-grounded practice. Content and reasoning checks are separate from professional educator review, which remains pending. Not an official exam paper.